July 31, 2008

Breakfast – (260) 1 light English muffin, 1 tbs peanut butter, 1 cup papaya and cherries

Snack – nothing – boo-hoo

Lunch – (309) Salad with two slices of chicken, Catalina dressing, 1/2 avocado, 1 cup cherries

Snack – (125) cottage cheese, a few nuts

Dinner – (450) Bean and pasta soup,  French twist and milk

Total Calories – 1144

I resisted the homemade snickerdoodles that someone brought it today but I did seriously think about having one. I am glad I didn’t have one.  Also, I wanted to go out to dinner tonight and share a hamburger with Dave because I was just wiped out and did not want to cook.  Dave was not feeling well and really did not want to go anywhere.  Thankfully I had a can of soup beans and I was able to easily pull together and healthy and very fiber filled dinner.

3 Pounds Lost this Week July 30, 2008

I got on the scale on Tuesday morning and my total weight loss for  a week was 3 pounds.  Yeah!

July 30, 2008

Exercise – 10 min on treadmill, 10 minutes on elliptical, 25 miniutes strength training

Breakfast – (280 calories) 1/4 meusli, 3/4 greek yogurt, 1/2 cup raspberries, tall latte with skim milk

Snack – (310 calories) nuts, 1 macaroon (I really love macaroons and someone brought them to a meeting today and no one else was eating them and I felt bad for the person who brought them so I ate one. Talk about people pleasing!)

Lunch -(270 calories) salad w/ walnuts, oranges and blue cheese, 1 cup low fat veggie soup

Snack – (135 calories )1 small apple, 1 ounce sunflower seeds

Dinner – (306 calories) Lightly breaded chicken breast pan fried, Brussels sprouts, sugar free jello pudding.

Total Calories:  1301

Wishing i had not eaten the macaroon.

All at once July 29, 2008

I have been blogging as I eat and then publishing at the end of the day but today I am doing it all at once. I think I still did pretty well today despite that fact. So I don’t think I will take the time to do up the calories, It was a long, stressful day and my back hurts.

Exercise – 15 elliptical, 10 minutes treadmill, 20 minutes strength training

Breakfast – 3 small pieces whole wheat raisin bread, 1 tlbs Peanut Butter, i cup cherries and papaya

Snack – latte, nuts

Lunch – Southwestern Char grilled Chicken salad from Chick-fi-la. No dressing, no cheese, no tortilla chips

Snack – peach and a little later cottage cheese

Dinner – 2 eggs, 1 slice muenster cheese, 1 cup broccoli, 1 small slice rye toast.

Snack – 1/2 cup milk, 1 French twist

July 28, 2008

Exercise – Treadmill- 26 minutes at 3 miles per hour, 20 minutes strength training, upper body

Breakfast – (275 Calories) quiche, 2 small pieces homemade, whole wheat raisin bread

Snack – (219 calories) latte made with 1% milk , organic sugar free apple sauce, cottage cheese

Lunch – (352) Cracker Barrel roasted turkey salad (w/o cheese, croûtons and egg yolk), fat free ranch, 1/2 corn muffin, 1/2 tsp butter

Snack – (100 calories) – 4 Saltine crackers, small sample of ceasar salad w/ pork at Publix

Dinner – (300 calories) – 4 ounces lean steak, 1 cup broccoli, evoo

Snack – (75 Calories) berries

Total Calories – 1321

July 28, 2008

Exercise – really, really cleaning the house for three hours. according to a calories burned calculator that equals 846 Calories!!!!

Breakfast – (306 calories) cheese and facon (that is, fake soy bacon) quiche, 1/2 nectarine, coffee with half and half

Snack -(212 calories) mixed nuts with raisins

Lunch – FREE MEAL – Soup, Salad and bread stick – I tried to find the calorie count but OG only has the nutritional information on their low fat selections so I guess that means the zuppa toscana was not low fat. That’s OK because this was my one free meal for the week. I gave myself permission to eat whatever and I couldn’t believe all I ate was one bread stick with my soup and salad and I didn’t even finish that one. Yeah me!

Snack (268 calories) – 1 piece sugar free chocolate cake made from pecans, one glass of milk.

Dinner -(421 calories) 1 cup Ezekial pasta, two small turkey meatballs, sauce, evoo, green beans, applesauce

1207 calories, not including free meal

Holy Gelato, Batman! July 27, 2008

Exercise – does walking around and estate sale auction and standing in the sweltering heat for two hours count?   Surely I burned some calories.

Breakfast – (278 calories) 1 light English muffin, 1 tlbs. Peanut butter, coffee w/ half and half, 1 cup strawberries

Lunch – (385) Atlanta Bread Chopstix salad, 1/2 slice of 9 grain bread, 1 tlbs. dressing.

Snack – (145 calories) 1ounce mozzarella cheese, 12/ cup mixed fruit, 1 pizzelle.

Dinner – (375 calories) Moe’s Personal trainer salad with black beans and guacamole, 1/2 serving tortilla chips

Snack – (80 calories) fat free, sugar free gelato

Total Calories – 1263

I won’t be seeing Batman, the Dark Night, just not my thing but I had to say “Holy Gelato, Batman!” because that is just how good the fat free, sugar free gelato is at the Gelato Grotto at Legacy Place.  Yum-mo!  Dave and I shared a medium vanilla and raspberry. At $5.50 a pop, sharing is a good thing.  I could not find fat free, sugar gelato on Calorie King but a regular gelato is 157  calories per half a cup and i estimated that we shared a cup full and that maybe the full sugar and fat version was about double the calories so that is how I came to 80 calories for the amount I ate tonight.

I think I need to work on distributing my calories better. It just is a little difficult when you are cooking for two.

I’ve lost 2 pounds since Tuesday! July 26, 2008

Exercise – 24 minutes on the treadmill and 20 minutes strength training.

Breakfast – (255 calories) – Muesli with organic milk, coffee with organic half and half. (not the most satisfying b-fast)

Snack – (160 calories) – 1 tlbs. organic Peanut Butter, 1 small organic apple

Lunch – (300 calories) Salad w/ evoo and tomatoes, chicken salad w/ light vegan mayo, raisins, curry, etc. 1/4 cup pasta salad w/ same mayo,

Snack – (170 calories) 1 serving of mixed nuts

Dinner – (361 calories) 3 ounce hamburger, 1/2 serving of reduced fat potato chips, 1 cups green beans, 1 tsp evoo.

Dessert – I made a sugar free, flour-less chocolate cake of which I had a small slice and my friend made a sugar free cream cheese tart of which I also had a very small slice and did not eat the crust.  the tart was much better than my cake.  I’ll have to get the recipe.  Although I am not sure of the calories I would have to guesstimate is was about 200 which puts me over the limit but I am so happy I was able to resist the other desserts at the party w/o too much effort.  I also had about 1/2 cup of popcorn.

Total Calories – 1446

July 24, 2008

Breakfast (270 calories)- 1 egg, ounce low fat cheese, 1 light English muffin, 1 tlbs polaner all fruit

Snack – (210 calories) skim latte, cottage cheese, no sugar applesauce

Lunch – (260 calories) 1 ounce deli sliced chicken, 1 slice low fat swiss cheese, lot of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, 1/2 avocado, evoo and vinegar.

Snack – (229 calories) 2 small figs, 24 almonds

Dinner – (363 calories) Maple glazed salmon, broccoli, yam, evoo

Snack – (60 calories) sugar free pudding

Total Calories – 1392

Exercise – I did not go to the gym this morning. I think my body needed sleep more than exercise. Maybe I will go tonight or go for a walk.

Making Right Choices. July 23, 2008

Breakfast – (316 calories) 1.5 cups Irish Oatmeal with a spalsh of milk, 2 tlbs raisins, 6 pecans, stevia

Snack – (160 calories) small non-fat latte, .5 cups live active cottage cheese

Lunch – (300 calories) Salad w/ almonds and about 2oz. of chicken, a little bit of low sugar dressing, 1 cup vegtable soup

Snack – (265 calories) apple and 30 almonds

Dinner – (313 calories) 2 ounces chicken, broccoli, 1/2 cups couscous, extra virgin olive oil (evoo), 1/2 cup mango

Total Calories today – 1354 – I think this may be a little too much but I am just getting started.  If I had cut back on the nuts I would have been able to stick to about 1200 calories.

Exercise – 30 mintues on the treadmill and not enough strength training (10 minutes) I am still getting over a head cold and have not gotten back up to speed. The other day Dave suggested we cancel our gym membership and just get some exercise equipement but I really do like doing to the gym so that idea was nixed.

Today, I have been thinking about how all our actions begin as thoughts, both the good we do and the sin we commit. It is the same with what we put into our mouths. First the thought comes to our mind that we are hungry/ bored/ tired/ stressed/ angry. Whatever the feeling or emotion we decide to satisfy it with food. We have two choices 1. fill the void with whatever comes to mind (bread, chocolate) or 2. Fill the void with the appropriate thing. If we are hungry we need to make the right food choice. Maybe at first we desire something sugary. I discovered today that I can convince myself fruit it every bit as good as chocolate, if not better. If we are having some feeling other than hunger I need to identify it and make a right choice on how to fill the need.